Frederick Leighton

1830-1896 He was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. Leighton was born in Scarborough to a family in the import and export business. He was educated at University College School, London. He then received his artistic training on the European continent, first from Eduard Von Steinle and then from Giovanni Costa. When in Florence, aged 24, where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti, he painted the procession of the Cimabue Madonna through the Borgo Allegri. He lived in Paris from 1855 to 1859, where he met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet. Flaming JuneIn 1860, he moved to London, where he associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He designed Elizabeth Barrett Browning's tomb for Robert Browning in the English Cemetery, Florence in 1861. In 1864 he became an associate of the Royal Academy and in 1878 he became its President (1878?C96). His 1877 sculpture, Athlete Wrestling with a Python, was considered at its time to inaugurate a renaissance in contemporary British sculpture, referred to as the New Sculpture. His paintings represented Britain at the great 1900 Paris Exhibition. Icarus and DaedalusLeighton was knighted at Windsor in 1878, and was created a baronet eight years later. He was the first painter to be given a peerage, in the New Year Honours List of 1896.


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Frederick Leighton Clytie oil


Clytie
Painting ID::  79236
Clytie
1895 - 1896 Medium ? Dimensions 156 x 137 cm cyf
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Portrait of May Sartoris oil


Portrait of May Sartoris
Painting ID::  80108
Portrait of May Sartoris
c. 1860, oil on canvas painting by Frederic Leighton, Kimbell Art Museum Date ca. 1860 cyf
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Portrait of May Sartoris oil


Portrait of May Sartoris
Painting ID::  80795
Portrait of May Sartoris
oil on canvas painting by Frederic Leighton Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas Date c. 1860 cyf
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Portrait of May Sartoris oil


Portrait of May Sartoris
Painting ID::  80953
Portrait of May Sartoris
. 1860, oil on canvas painting by Frederic Leighton; Detail Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas Date c. 1860 cyf
   
   
     

Frederick Leighton Biondina oil


Biondina
Painting ID::  82778
Biondina
Date 1879 cyf
Date_1879 _cyf
   
   
     

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     1830-1896 He was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. Leighton was born in Scarborough to a family in the import and export business. He was educated at University College School, London. He then received his artistic training on the European continent, first from Eduard Von Steinle and then from Giovanni Costa. When in Florence, aged 24, where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti, he painted the procession of the Cimabue Madonna through the Borgo Allegri. He lived in Paris from 1855 to 1859, where he met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet. Flaming JuneIn 1860, he moved to London, where he associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He designed Elizabeth Barrett Browning's tomb for Robert Browning in the English Cemetery, Florence in 1861. In 1864 he became an associate of the Royal Academy and in 1878 he became its President (1878?C96). His 1877 sculpture, Athlete Wrestling with a Python, was considered at its time to inaugurate a renaissance in contemporary British sculpture, referred to as the New Sculpture. His paintings represented Britain at the great 1900 Paris Exhibition. Icarus and DaedalusLeighton was knighted at Windsor in 1878, and was created a baronet eight years later. He was the first painter to be given a peerage, in the New Year Honours List of 1896.

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